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WAGON SEAT SPRING. No. 288.182. "Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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MONTILLION H. (JASSIDAY, OF WAKEFIELD, VIRGINIA.

WAGON-SEAT SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,182, dated November 28, 1882. Application filed August 30, 18252. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' DAY, of Wakefield, in the county of Sussex andStat-e of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Wagon-Seat Spring; and I. do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide for use on wagons, carts, &c., a seat-spring which shall be superior in the combination of the qualities oflightness, strength, economical construction, elasticity, and adapta ion for easy application to or removal from the wagonbody.

The details of construction and application of the same will be understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a portion of one side of a wagon with one of my springs and a portionof a seat applied to it; and Fig. 2 isatransverse sectional elevation of a wagonbody, showing a front view of the seat with its supporting-springs and means of attachment to the sides of the Wagon.

The letter A indicates the springs, B at bars or straps connecting its ends, Fig. l, and O the seat proper, which is supported on said bars, being bolted thereto at each end, as shown in Fig.2.

The spring A is formed from a long, narrow, and thin strip of steel, its ends being bent upward and inward into an approximatelysemicircular shape. ()n the extremities of said ends are formed eyes for attachment of swinging loops or links a, which are connected by the seat-bar B. The elasticity of the curved ends of the springs A allows the seat 0 to yield downward, and the links a permit a toand-fro or rocking motion, which is slightly 4o aided and increased by such elasticity. This ducing to ease and comfort in riding, it prevents injury to the vital organs of weakly or delicate persons, which frequently results from use of seats supported on stifi' springs or by none at all.

The means of attachment to a wagon-body, D, are pendent legs b b, which enter staples c, driven in the inner side of the wagon-body, as clearly shownin Fig. 1; or they may enterholes bored in the sides of the same. Said legs I) may be formed in one piece with the spring proper by cutting the whole from one sheet of steel, or they may be welded to the spring, as preferred. In either case the legs are pendent from the edge of the springs, so that the latter rest on the edge of the wagon-body, and'thus have as firin support as practicable.

hat I claim is- 1. The seat-spring formed ofa narrow strip of steel, having its ends curved as shown, and provided with pendent legs for use in attaching it to a wagon-hotly, as specified.

'2. The steel spring having its endscurved and provided with legs, as shown, in combination with the wagon-body, having staples for securing said legs, as and for the purpose specified.

MONTILLION HAZELETT CASSIDAY. Witnesses:

H. A. DRAPER, 0. A. BURTON. 

